All-bisque & Half-bisque Dolls


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This authoritative reference is exclusively devoted to bisque and half-bisque dolls of all periods. It includes originals and reproductions, and describes the types--from miniature immobiles to "Kewpies," "candystore dolls," "infants," and "old stiff necks." Learn valuable information about the manufacture of these dolls, the companies who marketed them, and keys to building and maintaining an excellent collection. No doll collector should be without this fact-filled resource.




All-Bisque and Half-Bisque Dolls


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German Porcelain Dolls, 1836-2002


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This outstanding reference book features tantalizing color photos and descriptions of over 350 dolls produced in German porcelain factories from 1836 to the present. Take a pictorial tour of a 100-year-old porcelain factory to learn how antique porcelain dolls were made. Original sample books, old doll molds and porcelain shards identify the makers of many previously unknown china, parian-type, and bisque dolls. From the Kestner dolls to the artist dolls of today, this book provides an in depth look at sought-after German porcelain dolls. The colorful Hertwig bonnet head dolls, the expressive Gebruder Heubach character dolls, the top-of-the-line Kestner dolls, the captivating Simon & Halbig dolls as well as the detailed Carl Schneider half dolls are showcased in this book. Dozens of early, unmarked chinas made by the A.W. Fr. Kister porcelain factory in Scheibe-Alsbach are pictured in detail. Dolls from the following porcelain factories are also included in this book: Alt, Beck & Gottschalck; Baehr & Proeschild; Wm. And F.W. Goebel; Ernst Heubach; C.F. Kling & Co.; Gebruder Knoch; Gebruder Kuhnlenz; Limbach; Armand Marseille; Theodor Recknagel; Carl Scheidig; Schoenau-Hoffmeister; Swaine & Co.; Hermann Voigt; and Weiss, Kuhnert and Co. This is a must-have book for the doll lover.




The Official Price Guide to Dolls


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Doll collecting is the second-largest collectibles market today, with over $650 million per year spent on the hobby and over 400,000 readers of three major doll magazines.




Bawdy Bisques and Naughty Novelties


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Showcases bisque and china naughty novelties and figurines of women in revealing outfits, most manufactured in Germany from the late 1800s to the 1930s. Over 400 color photos depict bathing beauties, mermaids, harem ladies, nudies, flippers, and squirters. Manufacturers include Galluba and Hoffman, William Goebel, Hertwig and Company, Schafer and Vater, and more. Decorative details, size, and current values are provided for each figurine.







Identifying German Chinas 1840s-1930s


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Featuring 350 colour photographs with the loving face of each doll clearly visible to aid in the identification process. This book is a treasure trove filled with detailed photo captions that identify the maker. The author has used research methods to correct many so-called names to the authentic original name. Each doll is credited to the decade in which it was primarily produced. Male china dolls, all-china dolls and reproduction china dolls are described in chapters that are separate from the ten decades of china doll production.




The Complete Book of Doll Making and Collecting


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Traces the history of dolls from early Egyptian times and details the creations of many types of dolls and doll houses




Smitty (1928 Comic Reprint)


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Cartoonist Walter Berndt (1899-1979) created Smitty as a hard-working office boy, drawing from the experience of his own youth. Smitty was published from 1922 to 1973, and the character slowly matured from a young teenager to his early twenties. Young Smitty lived with his parents, his younger brother, Herby, and his dog, Scraps. This collection was first published in 1928 by Cupples and Leon.